This webinar will explore how culture and climate variability and change are shaping the role of Fisheries in a sustainable and equitable U.S. food system. It will also consider lessons learned from COVID-19 in recreating a just food system that is also climate resilient.

Speakers:
Monica Barra, University of South Carolina
Cynthia Grace-McCaskey, East Carolina University
Yoshitaka Ota, University of Washington, Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center
Patricia Pinto Da Silva, NOAA

The Social Sciences Coordinating Committee (SSCC) of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is launching a public webinar series on the intersections between food, culture, and climate. The webinar series brings together researchers on food and culture, climate and food, and climate and culture to consider the ways in which these three pieces fit together. The series aims to highlight a range of social science perspectives on the U.S. food system and climate change that demonstrate the importance of societal conditions for its sustainability.